C73500 Nickel Silver vs. EN 1.3975 Stainless Steel
C73500 nickel silver belongs to the copper alloys classification, while EN 1.3975 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C73500 nickel silver and the bottom bar is EN 1.3975 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 130 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 47 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 380 to 580 | |
| 660 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 340 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 220 | |
| 910 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1140 | |
| 1360 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1090 | |
| 1320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 500 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 35 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 7.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.0 | |
| 3.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 61 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 300 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.0 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 19 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 13 to 18 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 19 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 70.5 to 73.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 58.2 to 65.4 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 7.0 to 9.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 16.5 to 19.5 | |
| 8.0 to 9.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.080 to 0.18 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 5.7 to 13 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |